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It’s the home stretch for the year and leaders are busy wrapping up projects, and compiling end of year numbers.  Before the holidays take us into 2019, add one more vital team effort to your schedule.  Order lunch, go offsite, take a breather and ask your team: “Is what we deliver…

How we kick off our presentations gives our audience’s brain two options: “Hey – this could be intriguing and relevant”, OR “Nothing new here – better keep the phone near by.” So, to avoid the latter, here are two intro sentences that should be banned from all presentations: “I’m so happy…

Inside-Out Innovation founder Jeannie Clinkenbeard was thrilled to be interviewed earlier this month by Lori Jones for her Integrate & Ignite podcast. The topic? Innovation, of course! Listen and Learn: What Jeannie’s definition of innovation is The importance of multiple points of view How to develop your challenge statement Why you need to get…

Last week at the gym, in the middle of my Turbo Kick class (A.K.A. torture class), our cheerful instructor asked us: “what number finale do you want to do?” “Number 51,” yelled an ambitious classmate with an extra loud voice that overshadowed a few of us with softer voices. “Number…

If you live in Colorado you enjoy a climate that allows you to be outside most days — as long as you’re dressed for it. So it was for this reason that last year I bought a jacket that was extremely light, and extremely warm. Wait …light and warm? Aren’t…